Four analog music record titles from the anime "Samurai Champloo," which was broadcast on TV in 2004, will be released from April to May 2022.
The original anime "Samurai Champloo" was produced by Mangrove and directed by Shinichiro Watanabe. The innovative visuals and music of this "chanpuru" combination of period drama and Hip Hop elements captivated not only anime fans but Hip Hop fans as well. It was a groundbreaking work at the time, and is still highly acclaimed both in Japan and abroad. As one of the origins of "Lofi Hip Hop," the works of "Samurai Champloo" are still immeasurable in 2022.
Director Watanabe, known for his deep knowledge of music, selected the artists!
First, Nujabes, a rare trackmaker who rocked the scene with his lo-fi HipHop and later created many followers in Japan and abroad, and fat jon, who has been active since the 00s as a core member of Five Deez and has released solo albums.
KZA and DJ KENT, a unit of KZA and DJ KENT, who have remixed many artists and have a presence as top runners in the club scene in Japan and abroad, and Tsutchutch, a trackmaker for SHAKKAZOMBIE, who has been leading the scene since the dawn of Japanese HipHop. Tsutchie has been leading the scene since the early days of Japanese HipHop.
The tracks they created for "Samurai Champloo" were released on four CDs in 2004 as "departure," "masta," "impression," and "playlist," and were smash hits. These four CDs are now being released on analog vinyl after a lapse of 18 years.
The "departure" and "masta" CDs will be released on April 27, and the "impression" and "playlist" CDs on May 18. Each title will be released in analog format for the first time and in limited first-run production.
The pre-order deadline for each title is February 7. The songs are available on iTunes Store, Recochoku, mora, and other major download services.
Teaser video.
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Release information】
■samurai champloo music record "departure" / Nujabes, fat jon
To be released on April 27, 2022
2CD set VTJL-7-8 ￥6,050 (tax included)
POS：4582575 38575 2
＜Contents
01.battlecry / Nujabes feat.
02.the space between two worlds / Nujabes
03.aruarian dance / Nujabes
04.transcendence / Nujabes
mystline / Nujabes
1st samurai / Nujabes
song of the four seasons / MINMI
08.ole / fat jon
09.624 part2 / fat jon
10.genome / fat jon
no way back / fat jon
12.funkin' / fat jon
13.stay / fat jon
14.chambers / fat jon
15.ask / fat jon
16.how you feel / fat jon
17.624 part1 / fat jon
samurai champloo music record "masta" / FORCE OFNATURE, Tsutchie
April 27th release
2CD set VTJL-9-10 ￥6,050 (tax included)
POS: 4582575 38576 9
＜Contents
01.vagrancy / FORCE OF NATURE
02.mist / FORCE OF NATURE
03.judgment on / FORCE OF NATURE
04.loading zone / FORCE OF NATURE
05.paranoid / FORCE OF NATURE
06.silver children / FORCE OF NATURE
the long way of drums / FORCE OF NATURE
08.sneak chamber / FORCE OF NATURE
09.new dimension / FORCE OF NATURE
10.raw material / Tsutchie
11.dry / Tsutchie
12.breeezin' / Tsutchie
13.tubed[drum please!!!!] / Tsutchie
14.pretending to... / Tsutchie
15.seventythree / Tsutchie
16.I sighed / Tsutchie
17.sincerely / Tsutchie
18.numbernine[back in TYO] / Tsutchie
19.YOU feat.kazami / Tsutchie
samurai champloo music record "impression" / Nujabes, FORCE OF NATURE, fat jon
To be released on May 18
2CD set VTJL-11-12 ￥6,050 (tax included)
POS：4582575 38577 6
＜Contents
sanctuary ship / Nujabes
02.haiku[interlude] / Nujabes
03.tsurugi no mai / Nujabes
04.dead season / Nujabes
decade[interlude] / Nujabes
world without words / Nujabes
kodama[interlude] / Nujabes
08.silver morning / Nujabes
09.who's Theme / MINMI
10.just forget / FORCE OF NATURE
nightshift / FORCE OF NATURE
hinodezuru style / FORCE OF NATURE
the stroll / FORCE OF NATURE
death wish / FORCE OF NATURE
15.set it off / FORCE OF NATURE
the million way of drum / FORCE OF NATURE
17.bracelet / fat jon
18.in position / fat jon
19.night out / fat jon
20.not quite seleah / fat jon
21.labyrinth statistic / fat jon
22.here and there / fat jon
samurai champloo music record "playlist" / Tsutchie
To be released on May 18
2CD set VTJL-13-14 ￥6,050 (tax included)
POS：4582575 38578 3
＜Contents
01.thank you / Tsutchie
02.yet? why not?
strike back / Tsutchie
04.let me know what U think / Tsutchie
05.mists / Tsutchie
06.flip / Tsutchie
07.absolute / Tsutchie
08.adapt myself / Tsutchie
09.tuned / Tsutchie
10.no icon / Tsutchie
11.stretch out / Tsutchie
12.process / Tsutchie
13.reflective / Tsutchie
14.deeper than word / Tsutchie
15.2 messages / Tsutchie
16.the update / Tsutchie
Offers / Tsutchie
18.FLY feat.AZUMA RIKI[SMALL CIRCLE OF FRIENDS] / Tsutchie feat.
Distribution Information
samurai champloo music record "departure" / Nujabes, fat jon
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samurai champloo music record "masta" / FORCE OFNATURE, Tsutchie
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samurai champloo music record "impression" / Nujabes, FORCE OFNATURE, fat jon
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samurai champloo music record "playlist" / Tsutchie
# "samurai champloo music record "impression" / Nujabes, FORCE OFNATURE, fat jon" # "samurai champloo music record "playlist" / Tsutchie